Pierce County
English
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Etymology
[edit]All are named after President Franklin Pierce except in North Dakota.
Proper noun
[edit]- One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Blackshear.
- One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Pierce.
- One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Rugby. Named after Gilbert A. Pierce.
- One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Tacoma.
- 2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times[1], archived from the original on 30 August 2018:
- “A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island.
- One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Ellsworth.
References
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Index of U.S. counties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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